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US 6,079,598 AGranted
Modular pants hanging unit
OwnerDaniel Tu-Hsien Tsaiinventor
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Abstract
A pants hanger is comprised of fixed horizontally extending hanging arms and spring elements. Each spring element is attached to one side of a hanging arm and is biased against the opposite side of the adjacent hanging arm. The hanging arms and spring elements may receive a pair of pants or other garment between them. The garment is then supported by the compressive, gripping force of the spring being biased against the adjacent hanging arm. The unit may be combined with other like units to provide an array of hangers, disposed either vertically or horizontally.
Claims35
A pants hanging unit comprising:
- two arms extending horizontally from a common base parallel and in close proximity to one another, said two arms being substantially rigid and fixed with respect to one another and said base and defining an insertion space between them, said insertion space being sufficiently long to substantially accommodate the width of a garment to be inserted therein;
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- at least one spring element mounted to a first of said two arms and exerting pressure directly against a second of said two arms, said at least one spring element having significantly greater elasticity than said arms, said spring element being deformable to accommodate varying thicknesses of garments as one such garment may be inserted between said two arms, and thereupon applying a gripping pressure against said garment adequate to support said garment in said insertion space between said two arms.
A pants hanging unit comprising:
- two arms extending horizontally from a common base parallel and in close proximity to one another, said two arms being substantially rigid and fixed with respect to one another and said base and defining an insertion space between them,
- at least one spring element mounted to a first of said two arms and exerting pressure directly against a second of said two arms, said spring element having significantly greater elasticity than said arms, said spring element being deformable to accommodate varying thicknesses of garments as one such garment may be inserted between said two arms, and thereupon applying a gripping pressure against said garment adequate to support said garment in said insertion space between said two arms;
- wherein each said at least one spring element comprises a flat spring having a first end held fixed by said first arm, a resilient biasing region adjacent to said first end, a first sloping region adjacent said resilient biasing region and extending and biased towards said second arm, a curved contact region adjacent said first sloping region for gripping said garment, a second sloping region adjacent said contact region and extending back to said first arm and a second end which maintains contact with said first arm by virtue of said spring's elasticity and shape.
A pants hanging unit comprising:
- two arms extending horizontally from a common base parallel and in close proximity to one another, said two arms being substantially rigid and fixed with respect to one another and said base and defining an insertion space between them,
- at least one spring element mounted to a first of said two arms and exerting pressure directly against a second of said two arms, said spring element having significantly greater elasticity than said arms, said spring element being deformable to accommodate varying thicknesses of garments as one such garment may be inserted between said two arms, and thereupon applying a gripping pressure against said garment adequate to support said garment in said insertion space between said two arms;
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- each said at least one spring element comprises a flat spring having a first end held adjacent to said first arm, a first resilient biasing region adjacent to said first end, a first sloping region adjacent said first resilient biasing region and extending and biased towards said second arm, a contact region adjacent said first sloping region for gripping said garment, and a second sloping region adjacent said contact region and extending back to said first arm.
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